Cashman Field will host Mexican Pacific League baseball
Cashman Field in Las Vegas will host the first-ever Mexican Baseball Fiesta.
Earlier this month, the Las Vegas 51s featured MiLB’s “It’s fun to be a fan campaign” in which the AAA teams sported Spanish names on their jerseys. In Las Vegas’ case, the 51s were named Reyes de la Plata for one day.
Now Cashman Field, home of the 51s is building off the campaign and will host two teams of the Mexican Pacific League. On September 22nd and 23rd, the Naranjeros de Hermosillo (orange growers of Hermosillo) and Águilas de Mexicali (Mexicali Eagles) will face each other.
“We are excited to build off the success of MiLB’s ‘It’s Fun to Be a Fan Campaign’ that featured Las Vegas Reyes de Plata and to bring the Mexican Baseball Fiesta to Las Vegas,” 51s president Don Logan said. “We look forward to bringing this cultural event to town for the first-time ever. This is an event that we can promote for years to come.”
The dates on which these games are played are well after the end of the 51s season. With 
a 49-76 record, the team is three games away from elimination in the Southern division of the Pacific Coast League.
The Liga Mexicana del Pacifico is the winter league in Mexico that delivers the Mexican participant to the Caribbean Series. Last season, the Águilas de Mexicali won the league championship, advanced to the Caribbean Series but were beaten in the finals by the Puerto Rican champion Criollos de Caguas 1-0 in a ten-inning nail-biter.